Strategic Initiatives & History

Founded in 1991 as a nonprofit conservation and educational organization, Lookout Mountain Conservancy has worked to serve the people who both live on, and care about, Lookout Mountain.

Over the years, our work has steadily evolved to embrace community projects and needs while continuing our direct conservation work along the mountain. Trails, community partnerships, and educational programming complement our work with local families and landowners who wish to voluntarily conserve their land.

You make it happen

Everyone knows that programs and activities don’t just “happen”… they take time, energy, and money. As a community-supported conservation organization, we depend on your support, and that of businesses and foundations, to make our work possible.

Our educational programs connect youth with conservation in a manner that motivates, inspires and changes lives. Together, we are building a future we can believe in and a stronger, healthier Chattanooga in which to live, work and play.